---
title: Apple
---

>[Apple Inc. (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.) is an American
> multinational corporation and technology company.
>
> [iMessage (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage) is an instant
> messaging service developed by Apple Inc. and launched in 2011.
> `iMessage` functions exclusively on Apple platforms.

## Installation and Setup

See [setup instructions](/oss/integrations/chat_loaders/imessage).

## Chat loader

It loads chat sessions from the `iMessage` `chat.db` `SQLite` file.

See a [usage example](/oss/integrations/chat_loaders/imessage).

```python
from langchain_community.chat_loaders.imessage import IMessageChatLoader
```
